Swifts

Great Dusky Swift

Cypseloides senex

The Great Dusky Swift (Cypseloides senex) is an 82 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Swifts

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

82 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

3

Recorded in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay.

Where to see it: PN Iguazú · Área Cataratas (Argentina); Parque Nacional Ybycui, Dpto. Paraguari (Paraguay); PE Intervales (Brazil); Rio Cristalino · listas históricas (Brazil); Pantanal · P. Jofre boat on Rio Cuiabá & tributaries (Brazil).

Photo: (c) Mark Bolnik, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist